The number of births in Japan last year fell below 700,000 for the first time on record, government data showed.

Today is publication day for The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping, by Joseph Torigian. Those of us who occupy nerdy China circles have long been anticipat…

Instead of even trying to chase jobs that seem out of reach, Gen Z is embracing living like a rat—not showering or leaving the house for days at a time.

Xi’s self-styled image as a leader with absolute authority has roots in his formative years as the son of a revolutionary hero.

中共當局多年來大搞「馬克思主義中國化」，以將馬克思主義理論與中國國情、中國文化傳統和歷史結合，2021年11月，中國十九屆六中全會更吹噓，「習近平新時代中國特色社會主義思想實現了馬克思主義中國化新的飛躍」。有學者投中共高層所好，近日發表最新研究稱「馬克思是中國人」，在網路瘋傳，引發網友嘲諷後緊急刪文。湖南大學教授、曾任汕頭大學法學院院長的杜鋼建，5月5日在微信公眾號上發表文章，並公布他的研究成果，...

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S. Korea experts propose raising elderly age to 70

En pleine guerre commerciale contre les Etats-Unis, la montée en puissance de la Chine semble inévitable. Pourtant, rappel l'universitaire Carl Minzner, le régime de Xi Jinping traverse une ère de "co...

En pleine guerre commerciale contre les Etats-Unis, la montée en puissance de la Chine semble inévitable. Pourtant, rappel l'universitaire Carl Minzner, le régime de Xi Jinping traverse une ère de "co...

The total population of the three northeastern provinces has fallen by more than 11 million over the past decade. To reverse the decline, the region needs to reinvent its cities

This two-year program is designed to identify outstanding members of the next generation of American China scholars, enrich their understanding of policymaking processes in the United States and Great...

This two-year program is designed to identify outstanding members of the next generation of American China scholars, enrich their understanding of policymaking processes in the United States and…

Generation Z has now become the primary force among China’s growing ranks of China’s online content moderators, who number in the tens of thousands. Their physical stamina means they generally fare be...

Autocratic governments around the world use clandestine propaganda campaigns to influence the media. We document a decade-long trend in China towar...

The Three-Child Policy Monitoring Network has released a 22,000-word research report that compiles pro-natalist policies introduced by the Chinese government, outlines various governmental measures to...

Semi-official group drops logo and Islamic symbols from website and social media account, a move that may risk alienating ordinary Muslims.

China’s annual Two Sessions political meetings recently drew to a close, minus the presence of National People’s Congress (NPC) Chairman Zhao Leji, the nation’s third most senior official. (Zhao’s une...

Solomon Shenkutie, a ride-hailing driver in Ethiopia’s bustling capital, Addis Ababa, made a life-changing decision six months ago: he swapped his gasoline-powered car for a Chinese-made electric vehi...

Move may signal thaw in relations against backdrop of rapidly fraying alliance with Washington.

People in China are expressing alarm at what seems to be an authoritarian turn in the United States, long their role model of democracy, that feels familiar.

Beijing is positioning itself as the global grown-up, while the US disrupts decades of stable foreign policy.

By Haitham El-Tabei With a map of China on the wall behind him, 14-year-old Yasser al-Shaalan studied the names of professions in a Chinese textbook, one of thousands of Saudi children now learning th...

Decisions on U.S. policy toward China are being made based on diminishing insight into the country’s internal dynamics.

The final months of 2024 witnessed a new wave of purges in Xi Jinping’s China. On November 28, the Defense Ministry announced the suspension from his duties of Admiral Miao Hua, the number four military leader below Xi, who oversaw the political and organizational work of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Miao’s ouster makes him the third PLA general in charge of political

President Trump said the cards would have “a higher level of sophistication” than green cards and cost applicants about $5 million.

A national advisor has proposed lowering China's legal marriage age to expand the fertility population base, arguing that such a move could help counter the country's declining birth rate and aging cr...

The arc of one English teaching program in Shenzhen reflects broader trends that have eaten away at Americans’ interest in working and studying in China.

The interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and two officials with the federal public integrity unit all quit after the Justice Department ordered the charges against Mayor Eric Ad...

Some aid money has been very well spent

An entire ecosystem of vital China-related work is now in crisis. When the Trump administration froze foreign funding and USAID programs last week, dozens of scrappy nonprofits in Hong Kong, Taiwan, a...

Beijing is preparing to take advantage of disruption.